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An interview with developer Pat Burns about Chelten Plaza

The same day a small group of Germantown residents came to a community meeting ready to fight the Chelten Plaza development at Chelten an ...

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NJ voters deciding on school budgets Wednesday

Live in Jersey? Head to the polls. Voters in most school districts get a say on their taxes Wednesday. Unlike in other states, vot ...

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This non-descript building at 1209 North Orange Street in Wilmington is the legal home for more than 200,000 businesses who use this location as their legal Delaware addresses. (Public domain)
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Why do so many corporations choose to incorporate in Delaware?

I’m often asked why the majority of Fortune 500 companies, more than 60% actually, have chosen to incorporate in the small state of ...

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Uncovering East Falls history through “Miss Mae”

Mae Mohr was a “temporary” custodian at Old Academy for 40 years.  Here is a 1983 interview with her, which include ...

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Fundraiser previews Face to Face Spring Art Show

A poster with “The Regulars” hung in the church for all to see. As attendees sat down in Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church chanc ...

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Help clean up Wissahickon Creek this weekend

The warm weather is finally upon us, which means it’s time to clean out those closets, plant some fresh flowers in the front yard a ...

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AFSCME’s District Council 47 snubs Nutter and Street in mayoral race

Members of the governing body of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 47 have decided not t ...

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Republicans move tentatively on Pa. drilling impact fee

Pennsylvania Senate Republicans will unveil their plan for a natural gas drilling impact fee Thursday, but the proposal is far from comp ...

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Pa. senator calls for state investigation of King charter award

A Republican state senator wants Pennsylvania’s Department of Education to look into the controversy over a contract to run a Phila ...

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Nutter will kick off Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Business Expo

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If the subway is to reach the Navy Yard, SEPTA planner says, people will need to live there

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Historical Commission examines question of modernist interventions

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Carl Lewis ruled ineligible to run for N.J. Senate

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno has ruled that Olympic track star Carl Lewis cannot be on the June primary ballot as a Democratic candid ...

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Casey, Toomey take a tour of the Navy Yard

U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania climbed aboard a trolley to tour the Philadelphia Navy Yard Tuesday. The senat ...

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Sibling revelry: Three N.J. brothers win Goldwater Scholarship

A college student in New Jersey recently became the third brother in his family to win the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. The prize i ...

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